Conference Board reports manufacturers need to make brand strategy adjustments amid declining consumer loyalty.

Senator Sherrod Brown points out 70% of clean energy components are made outside of U.S.

Country sees a period of gradual growth

On a yearly basis, however, output rose .2%.

Will eliminate tariffs on manufacturing inputs, machinery and equipment

Had risen 20% in December

Automating cleanroom processes will increase production, reduce cycle times and decrease manufacturers' costs.

The organization that blindly focuses internally on lean and six sigma for its survival suffers from an identity that is based on the products produced and not the value it provides its customers.

As 2010 unfolds, manufacturers are likely to see increased regulation of nanomaterials.

Companies must think strategically when they manage their costs down so that the actions they take are sustainable and contribute to operational excellence.

Talks aimed at averting strike action by BA cabin crew break down without agreement.

Further stress-testing of UK banks will take place to ensure they can survive a 'double-dip' recession, regulators say.

British Gas workers are to vote in a strike ballot over allegations of bullying by management, and on changes to working conditions.

Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs.

Bank accounts which charge fees for extra benefits may be being mis-sold, the Financial Services Authority has warned.

China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.

Small firms may be exempted from having to draw up and lodge annual accounts, after MEPs approve changes to European Union rules.

A Shanghai company denies it used sweatshop labour to produce World Cup mascots, as Fifa suspends its manufacturing contract.

Economic challenge for new president in quake-hit Chile .

The UK economy grew by 0.3% in the December to February period, says the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.